Consultant says brides choose
practical tableware for homes
By Micki Haller
Senior Editor
Matrimony is the fulcrum that
balances the worlds of youth and
adulthood, solitaire and unity, paper
plates and fine dining.
Most young couples decide to
• start out their wedded bliss with a set
of new dishes.
Choosing dinnerware for the first
time, however, can be a formidable
task. Stainless silverware or sterling;
hand-cut or machine-cut crystal; a
choice between stoneware, fine
china or bone china for plates.
For this reason, many stores offer
a bridal registry service to help brides
choose their dinnerware.
Amber Donahue, bridal consult
ant at Dillard's Downtown, said there
are a lot ot styles available.
“You have to get a feel for what
the bride likes,” she said.
Donahue said many brides are
choosing to be practical in their din
nerware. Lots of them are preferring
stoneware over china, choosing dish
washer and microwave-safe prod
ucts, and choosing sets that work for
everyday use.
“The trends are going definitely
more casual these days,” she said.
“Brides are getting a little more
practical.”
Many brides are choosing stain
less steel silverware for their tables,
Donahue said.
Stainless steel flatware can sell
for as low as SI8 per place setting.
Sterling silver, however, can range
from $ 150 to $500 for a place setting.
Sterling silver can last for many
years, but acidic or salty foods can
eat away at the natural beauty. j
Brides arc also going for stone
ware when choosing dinner plates, j
Donahue said. .Stoneware is less
expensive and can be used everyday.
The china manufacturing compa
nies are responding with more practi
cal dinnerware, Donahue said. They
are making their dinnerware micro
wave-safe by removing metal bands.
Also, the companies are bringing
prices down to make their dishes
more affordable.
Prices for dishes can range from
S10 to S350 a place setting, Donahue
said.
When putting together a table, the
bride has to consider how the flat
ware, plates and glasses all look to
gether.
Donahue said the two-to-onc rule
works well when combining dinner
ware. Usually, two patterned and one
plain element, or two plain and one
patterned element work best in a
table selling.
For instance, the flatware may be
quite elaborate, w hilc the dinnerware
and crystal may be quite simple.
Donahue said three patterned ele
ments make a table look too busy,
while three plain elements provides
no focal point for the table.
Other than that, the rules for
combining plates, flatware and
glasses are pretty flexible.
“These days, you can put just
about anything together,” she said.
Donahue said more brides are
buying dinnerware, despite the fact
that an eight-place setting with serv
ing pieces might run about S3,(XX).
“I think that brides are definitely
using them (the dishes) more often,”
she said.
Surprisingly, even grooms arc
jetting into the act.
“We’re also seeing a lot of
jrooms coming in,” Donahue said.
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By Laura Smith
Staff Reporter
Bridal fairs can help ease the
mind and frazzled nerves of a
soon-to-be bride or groom by
bringing everything they need to
know into one location.
During the past month, couples
have had the chance to get ideas for
their weddings at two bridal fairs —
the KFOR Bridal Forum and The
Wedding Fair '89.
For people who arc planning a
wedding, ihc bridal fair shows
them who they need to talk to, said
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He said many people need to be
reminded about different aspects
of planning a wedding and bridal
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Couples deal with
premarital jitters
through sessions
SESSIONS from Page 4
Fact and Feeling Inventory Tests.
The fact test is designed to help
couples identify and work on dis
agreements on issues such as chil
dren and in-laws. The feelings inven
tory lists 100 situations with which
couples must indicate how much
they agree or disagree. They com
pare their answers to the tests and talk
about the results, he said.
Counseling is more beneficial lor
some than for others, Schmid said.
Generally, he said, older people and
people who were previously married
tend to be surprised less about each
other than those who’ve never been
married.
Those who’ve been married be
fore tend to lake the counseling espe
cially seriously because they don t
want to experience divorce again, he
said. .
Schmid said he admires those who
decide to try marriage again.
‘‘It takes a lot of courage, he
said.